Now you're being silly, kahunacfa. I just said in this thread that I personally am working on a transaction where the seller has been living housing expense free since 2007. No "citation" needed. Stories abound in the popular press of homeowners living similarly. Although I abhor the media's propensity to exaggerate for effect, the fact of people living housing payment free for years happens to be true.

Don't know what your client relationships have to do with the topic of this thread except to provide you with yet another opportunity to remind the board that you're an "investment professional." Bully.

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